Trauma Blood Transfusion
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Anyone out there ever had the need to give multiple units in an emergency situation where the time for each unit to infuse was less than 15 minutes. I need to know where to find written rules for... Read More

Jan 7, '03

originally posted by montroyal four units of blood in twenty minutes thru a 32 french foley which was placed thru a stab wound in the left ventricle of a patient.

cool!! i bet that was a sight to see!!

Jan 7, '03

Using a three way stop cock and 60cc syringe you can get a unit of wb into a patient in less than a minute, providing you have large bore IV access. Trick I learned while working in an ER in Vietnam.